Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-04
PERSONAL,

GEORGE. king of Greece, is Al and Humbert,
king OF Italy. AZ years of age.
THE PRESIDENT smokes regularly two CT
gars day, usually after hearty dinner In
the evening.
IT is said that there are no Indications at
Holland Patent that Miss Cleveland contem-
plates marriage.
WILLIAM E. CHANDLER. late Secretary of
the Navy, is thinking of starting paper in
Manchester, n. IL.
LANG CHUNG, the Interpreter OF the Chi
nese legation, IL SAID to be engaged to Miss
Lon gstreet, OF New York.
MRS. MACKAY is expected to become one of
the highest bidders for some OF the French
jewels at the coming sale in May.
SON of the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh i.
about to join the Royal Military College.
Sandhurst, with view to his qualifying for a
commission IN the British army.
SINCE going to housekeeping in October
last Clara Louise kellogg's dinners in her
apartments at the WestmOreland Hotel have
become the delight of her select circle of
friends.
THE Paris sor says that Sarah Bernhardt.
now travelling IN Mexico, has sent Nine. Nor-
mont, with whom she had the whipping match
from Rio de J metro, Brazil. the riding wbip
sent her by Marshal Canrobert.
COL. JACK FROST IS editor of the Clarence
(Mo) Courier. He is careful to give credit
the 'nlpplng Frost we often hear Of but his
editorials are sometimes quite biting.
PRINCESS BEATRICE and her husband occu-
ply a most sum- tuouS suite of rooms at Wind
sOr Castle. The drawing room is decorated
with the most delicate tints OF gold and very
pale blue. Special apartments have been set
apart for the royal baby; these, too, are lux
urantly furnished.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND SAYS that Gen.
Grant could stand very little liquor. If he
Il LIN ri rIHaa IF ~HNasaa
upon his otherwise clear and devoted facul-
ties. "Grant was one of the few men in
whom nature had worked so BEAUTIFULLY that
his system could never contain liquor without
mutny.'
IT is now lust about a quarter of a century
since Bismarck uttered the most famous of ali
his historic phrases. 1t was in budget de-
bate, in which he WAS beaten by an adverse
vote. at IL not he said, ''bv speechifvinp
and the votes OF majOrities that the great
auctions Of the age are TO be settled; but by
blood and IRON"
SAYS Washington correspondent: "Mrs,
Cleveland's favorite statesman seems to be
Bismarck, Tor OF all the photographs of dis
tingulshed people set on the msntel in the
bedroom and scattered around the house, the
photographs of Bismarck and Daniel Lamont
standing SIDE by side, get the place Of honor.
Perhaps her favorite statesman Is not Bis
marck, but Lamont
HENRY MYERS, who died near New Or
leans few days ago. IS declared To- have been
born Aug. 81. 1900. as shown by the original
baptlsmal certificate that is in possession of
the family. Tie came to this country in his
early manhood from Holland, where he was
born. Another ancient looking certificate
sets forth that Henry Myers was admlttedsto
his fret communion in 1875.
WALT WHITMAN remembers meeting Gen.
Taylor IN New Orleans about forty Years ago.
ana found HIN in civilians Clothes "a ioyiAl ,
Old, rather stout. plain man with n wrInkled
and dark yellow face, and in ways and man
mere the least OF conventional ceremony or
etiquette ever saw: he laughed unrestrain-
edly ut everything comIcal. He had a great
personal resemblance to Fenimore Cooper,
the novelist"
Mus, LOGAN Is IN considerably improved
healEh. She has not decided " hen she Will 20
TO Chicago. but under the State law, which
requires her to take out letters OF administra-
ton within sixty days, she Will have TO 20
West before Feb. 26. The bust OF Gen. Logan
made by Eugene Pedon. who TOOK the death
mask, Is now at Mrs. Logan's. IL is regarded
IA pretty good very good on one side, but
not entirely Satisfactory. Mr.. Mills, the son
OF Clark Mills. ~ At work on a bust.
ACCORDING to the latest gossip inventor.
who poses rs "C0unt Paul Nasili," Pope Leo
XIII. is a great money market speculator and
has invested largely in Italian loans and
British consos, He is not avaricilus how
ever, but gives more freely, perhaps, than
plainly. The dowrv he gave TO his favori Z
nephew, the handsome Camille Peeci was
scarcely $4,000 and his presents to the bride
were poor ana cheap. He gives large subs
dies TO the newspapers that support his
policy.